A trial version would be a great idea, and greatest one would be to do like the 6.3 QNX version : to let free the uses of basic fonctions like icons on desktop without file explorer ( or with file explorer but still in basic uses allowed ) or somethings like that ....

It was always in the plans to make a trial version, be it nagware, shareware, 30-days trial or whatever, but unfortunately it does not look like there is much demand for the desktop at all. Without demand, there is not really any incentive to develop software, free or not. I'm giving thought of what to do now, whether to release a dodgy beta just to give people an idea of what it is like or something.

It uses fs-cifs, which basically means it does not work properly NFS mounts work OK though, I put in Samba support on the off chance QSS will fix/replace the broken fs-cifs, but I don't think that is going to happen.

thegman, are you a registered user of SE or PE version? According to MEULA, you can't sell your software compiled on 6.2.1 NC or 6.3 Eval... So, you need buy SE or PE and Multimedia TDK to sell your Desktop. Think about it...

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macgorilla:Well, unfortunatly the poll indicates that there is practically no demand for a desktop on QNX, so for the time being, it's not going to get released.

AG: I told QSS what I was doing and they gave me a free copy of PE. But they said if it became a commercial concern, then they would re-evaluate whether I continued to get it free. At $10,000 I'm obviously not going to pay for it, as best case scenario, I was never going to make anything like that from sales.

I intended to make the desktop shareware, I never expected to get rich from it. I think the problem with embedded markets is that to make money, you need to deal with big companies, and big companies like talking to big companies, men in suits etc. Not a one-man band. Another downside is that you have to give QSS a large amount of money...